The Insomniac's Journal (mha fanfic)

A Pleasant Surprise

As the teachers began to flood into the kitchen Shota violently slurped the thick drink despite the aching cold forming in his skull. The second Nemuri laid eyes on him she came running. He quickly moved the smoothie and his phone to avoid damage as she crashed into him.

"Happy birthday Sho!" She squealed.

"Thanks Nem." He mumbled as he tried to breath in her grasp.

She buried his face into her shoulder with one arm as the other wrapped around his waist. In contrast to her 'small' feminine body, her grip was firm and strong but not suffocating. Except for the fact he was being smothered into her shoulder.

"Nemuri, you're gonna kill him." Snipe commented as he leaned on the doorway.

Everyone looks so different out of their hero costumes. Normally he'd be out by now and wouldn't come back until late or even Sunday night.

"Oh! Sorry." She exclaimed.

"It's fine." He said as he drew in a deep breath.

Everyone came by and gave him congrats. It was odd seeing them so inviting but it was nice. It felt comforting to be included though he felt a bit pressured under all the attention.

"Soo~," Hizashi began, "what are we doing to celebrate this wonderful day?"

Shota felt his face heat up again without cause. Was he getting a fever?

"Take a nap." He dead panned. Birthday or not he has work to do. He can't abandon his duties.

"Really Sho?" Hizashi said unamused as Nemuri giggled slightly.

"Hizashi, I got stuff to do."

"But you're injured! You can't possibly work like that." Hizashi protested in a slightly whiny voice.

Shota let go of his straw for split second trying to get what this blond could possibly mean when he remembered the pain that black hole caused him while he was trying to go about his morning. He was this close (his fingers are touching) to getting out of the shower because of it.

"Wanna bet? Besides my apartment won't clean itself." He said as he continued to sip his drink.

"That can wait." Hizashi stated.

"Eri can't take care of herself."

"You can do that here." Mic countered.

"And the groceries won't put themselves into the bag. I can't leave the students starving, imagine the headlines"

"You're not the only one capable of doing that." Hizashi said.

"I must feed my cat."

"I guess th- YOU HAVE A CAT!"

"Yes." Shota answered with a cocked eyebrow.

"Yagi you owe me 500 yen." He said proudly.

Shota rolled his eyes. Was he seriously just arguing with this man about whether or not he could go home? Wow. What has his life come to?

Nemuri teased All-Might as he handed the money over to Hizashi who had an 'I've won' face on. It was a... sight? Shota didn't quite have the words to describe it. What's the point of being bilingual when you still struggle to describe things in any language.

As he was about to browse every word he knows in all 6 languages over he smoothie he heard a sharp slurping sound and realized he wasn't getting as much of the liquid as before. Aww man! He finished his smoothie.